NUCLEAR POWER IN BELARUS AND WORLDWIDE
MINSK, 8 September (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko gave interesting and sincere answers to questions about current affairs during the interview with representatives of leading Russian mass media on 8 September, BelTA learned from Anton Vernitsky, a correspondent with the Russian TV company Channel One.
The correspondent said he had quite positive impressions from the interview. In his words, a lot of new information that had not been available previously was revealed.
The correspondent said: “Political events in Belarus are the hottest topic in news agencies all over the world. It is understandable that Russians are also interested in the matter. The conversation with the president was sincere. Honestly speaking, I had not expected that. I thought Aleksandr Lukashenko would try to hide something from us.”
Anton Vernitsky admitted that the representatives of the Russian mass media had tried to properly prepare for the interview. “We've come up with hot-button questions. We teamed up yesterday (the channels joined their efforts) and tried to lead him to these questions. But he explored some topics on his own, even without our questions,” Anton Vernitsky said. “Like many Belarusians we relied on information available in the Internet. There is an abundance of information from both sides – from the official government and from the opposition that stages street protests. You just have to analyze and be smart about it.”
Among other things the interview touched upon the situation in Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko's opinion of the opposition, and Belarusian-Russian relations. “We've asked all the questions we had intended to ask. About today's situation in Belarus, about the long history, about the constitutional reform that Aleksandr Lukashenko suggests,” Anton Vernitsky noted.
“I liked his phrase that if events in Belarus are left unchecked, they will reach Russia as well. Belarus has always stopped aggression at its borders. It was one of the key phrases today. I think Russians understand it perfectly well,” Anton Vernitsky said.
